House File 652 - Introduced



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                                       BY  FORD


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                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to public water supply system water quality.
  2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  3 TLSB 2400HH 83
  4 tm/nh/5

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 455B.173, subsection 5, Code 2009, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    5.  a.  Establish, modify or repeal rules relating to
  1  4 drinking water standards for public water supply systems. Such
  1  5 standards shall specify maximum contaminant levels or
  1  6 treatment techniques necessary to protect the public health
  1  7 and welfare. The drinking water standards must assure
  1  8 compliance with federal drinking water standards adopted
  1  9 pursuant to the federal Safe Drinking Water Act.  The
  1 10 department shall monitor test results submitted by public
  1 11 water supply systems.  The department of natural resources or
  1 12 the department of agriculture and land stewardship may conduct
  1 13 additional water quality monitoring at the source of drinking
  1 14 water.  If a public water supply system reports contaminant
  1 15 levels exceeding the maximum contaminant levels, the
  1 16 department of natural resources and the department of
  1 17 agriculture and land stewardship shall cooperatively implement
  1 18 pollution reduction measures in the watershed within six
  1 19 months of being notified by the public water supply system.
  1 20 The failure of the department of natural resources to
  1 21 implement pollution reduction measures in a watershed as
  1 22 required in this subsection may be the basis to commence a
  1 23 civil action pursuant to section 455B.111, subsection 1,
  1 24 paragraph "b".
  1 25    b.  The department of natural resources shall conduct a
  1 26 pilot project for pollution reduction measures in the Raccoon
  1 27 river watershed.
  1 28                           EXPLANATION
  1 29    This bill relates to public water supply system water
  1 30 quality.
  1 31    The bill requires the department of natural resources to
  1 32 monitor test results submitted by public water supply systems.
  1 33 The department of natural resources or the department of
  1 34 agriculture and land stewardship may conduct additional water
  1 35 quality monitoring at the source of drinking water.
  2  1    The bill provides that, if a public water supply system
  2  2 reports contaminant levels exceeding the maximum contaminant
  2  3 levels, the department of natural resources and the department
  2  4 of agriculture and land stewardship shall cooperatively
  2  5 implement pollution reduction measures in the watershed within
  2  6 six months of being notified by the public water supply
  2  7 system.  The failure of the department of natural resources to
  2  8 implement pollution reduction measures in a watershed as
  2  9 required in the bill may be the basis to commence a civil
  2 10 action.
  2 11    The bill requires the department of natural resources to
  2 12 conduct a pilot project for pollution reduction measures in
  2 13 the Raccoon river watershed.
  2 14 LSB 2400HH 83
  2 15 tm/nh/5